They had to use their weapons. That is an example of the applicability of this. If you combine the blindness with this broad reach. And we face a challenge if not seen before. This is not your grandfathers al qaeda. This is a very new threat that we face. Some people say you have all kinds of other information. We live in the golden age of surveillance. I think of it differently. I think with over the golden age of communication. Osama bin laden would never have dreamed that he could speak simultaneously to hundreds of americans, find them, and the task of them in ways that Law Enforcement could not see. The golden age of communication is posting enormous challenges for us. Im not here to scare folks for us. There is a problem. I do not know the answer. A whole lot of good people that said it is too hard. It will all fall down and we will have a disaster. Maybe that is so. My reaction is, im not sure we really tried. I think Silicon Valley is full of great people that were told their d
At keeping our country safe. It is due in no small part to f. B. I. Vigilance in concert with the Intelligence Community partners that our nation has enjoyed a peaceful and safe Independence Day celebration this past weekend. As you are well aware, extremists remain intent on inflicting harm on u. S. Interests at home and abroad. Over the past year, we witnessed the islamist state, also referred to as isil, agenda attempt to inspire a wide range of individuals to conduct attacks against innocent civilians. The number of u. S. Based individuals seeking to conduct attacks in the homeland or overseas has already exceeded the combined number of individuals attempting activities in 2013 and 2014. Unfortunately, the threats faced by our nation are not limited to terrorist actors. Foreign governments remain intent on stealing National Security secrets. The f. B. I. Is charged with confronting all of these threads threats as well and is continually challenged in addition to these fairly unique
This action can only be explained by interest in prioritizing the demands of sinclair over the Public Interest. And it also is no surprise that this decision happened just days before he had a meeting with the chairman of sinclair. Every market impacted by this megamerger would experience a reduction in responsive local news due to sinclairs unresponsive topdown approach. Integrating diversity, diminishing our already distorted civic discourse, and devaluing local voices of women and people of color. Today i sent a letter to chairman pai to let him know that blessing a media behemoth such as sinclair would reflect an abject failure on his part to protect the Public Interest and to uphold the f. C. C. s duty to promote localism and diversity. And localism means responsiveness to local interests and local news and local voices. And that is a trust that the f. C. C. Has by its own rules and as a matter of Public Interest. Today we rely more than ever on the internet for so many facets of
We are here to talk about Mass Violence. How would that have been different in the 1850s . It would have been very different. In our past, mass kill wrgs quite common but it was a group activity. You didnt have the technology for an individual to kill as many people as an individual can kill today. When youre talking about violence done primarily with knives or swords or muzzleloading firearms, it takes quite a while to reload, even if youre a skilled person, it take 30s seconds to reload one of those things and by the time you pour in the powder, stamp down the wad, tamp down the shot, put on the percussion cap and get ready, the person youre trying to kill should be a half mile away. Its very difficult. So these were really mass murders where a lot of people got together to do these things. We have examples early in our history. Talk about the pequot war, they had surrendered, they were hiding out in a swamp, the remnants of them, 700 women, children and men. Surrounded the swamp and
Hearts to you. Lord, please shower your mercy on our nation, as we seek to deal with the las vegas mass shooting. Please show mercy to the victims and their families. Lord, in spite of this horrific act, give us faith to believe that evil will not ultimately prevail in our world. May this tragedy motivate us to plant and water seeds of peace, as we cultivate a greater respect for the laws of seed time and harvest. Cut in pieces the cords of wickedness that seek to bind us. Today, guide our senators and use them as ambassadors of reconciliation in our nation and world. Eternal god, though we walk in the midst of trouble, stretch forth your hands and revive us with your might. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell